Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Soviet Expansionist Ideology: Propaganda or Blueprint? Chapter 3 Prewar Diplomacy and the Comintern Chapter 4 The Soviets' Pro-German Posture Chapter 5 Nazi-Soviet Agreements (1939-40) Chapter 6 Stalin Prepares for What Kind of War Chapter 7 Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"— I Chapter 8 Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"— II Chapter 9 Conclusions Chapter 10 Appendix 1: Stalin's Third Speech, May 5, 1941 Chapter 11 Appendix 2: May 15, 1941, Memorandum Chapter 12 Appendix 3: Stalin's Speech to the Politburo, August 19, 1939 Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Russia's New History Textbooks
Albert L. Weeks has been an expert on Soviet Russia for more than fifty years. Weeks has served as a journalist, policy analyst, and professor, and is credited with coining the name 'Sputnik' while working for Newsweek in 1957. Stalin's Other War is his eighth book.
Nazi Germany's invasion of Soviet Russia had immense consequences
for the world, lasting into the 21st century. Albert Weeks has made
imaginative use of recently released archives to shed new light on
this crucial conflict. This book is a reminder that history is
anything but static—it requires constant revision, in the light of
new information and fresh perspective.
*Strobe Talbott, president, The Brookings Institution*
Stalin's Other War is an excellent study that thoroughly covers the
subject matter under discussion, and Weeks provides an
exceptionally good overview of the current state of the debate
among Russian scholars who are making use of the new evidence that
is progressively becoming available as the Soviet archives are
opened to scholarly scrutiny. The book includes an excellent
discussion of the issue of the supposed 'defensist' orientation of
Soviet policy. Stalin's Other War presents substantial evidence
that Soviet warplanning reflected its expansionist orientation.
Provides an excellent update on the current status of a very
contentious and important historical debate. Weeks does an
excellent job of describing Soviet diplomatic and military strategy
and supports his core arguments with solid evidence. Stalin's Other
War is a sound contribution to the scholarly literature on the
Soviet Union and a useful addition to the debate on the
pre-Barbarossa relationship between two predatory empires.
*Comparative Strategy*
Since the demise of the Soviet Union, new documents have surfaced
which show, according to Albert Weeks in Stalin's Other War, one of
our leading Sovietologists, that, on the contrary, Stalin had
developed an offensive-war strategy against both Nazi Germany and
the Western democracies as well. Mr. Weeks has produced a volume of
history which is bound to stir controversy. Mr. Weeks's analysis of
Soviet archives is a piece of scholarly revisionism of major
significance.
*The Washington Times*
This slender volume is a must study for scholars and history buffs
on the Second World War, and, especially for skeptics who still
doubt Stalin's aggressive designs. First of all, the author
judiciously weighs the Russian and English-language sources.
Second, he tells his history engrossingly. Third, he prints in
appendices key documents that have previously not appeared in
English, or which have been hard to find. Fourth, he relates—this
is an outstanding contribution to understanding the current Russian
state of mind—Russian textbook presentations on the controversial
topic.
*Richard Raack, author of Stalin's Drive to the West 1938-1945: The
Origins of the Cold War*
Recommended.
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